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9 thoughts on “540 – Trick Hello”

  1. Scarsdale

    Called it, she figured he’d do this, if by choice or by zombie voodoo. I’m sure the “friendlier” questioning will start soon, if she doesn’t just kill him out-right. Or just add him to the herd.

  2. Crazyman

    Gotcha! 😉

  3. Zombatar

    This turn of events is a surprise only to Eustace. And, maybe, Eustace’s subconscious. After all, this way he doesn’t have to actually risk actually attacking Suzie, which gives him a greater chance of survival than actually attacking her. I wonder what he was promised/threatened with?

  4. ConcordBob

    Not to nit-pick, but since sights are on target, finger should be on the trigger. Especially this close.
    The usual rule is “keep finger straight and off trigger until sights are on target”.

  5. Dr. Norman (not a real doctor)

    Not to nit-pick, but since that was current philosophies regarding trigger discipline have evolved.
    Of course, it will depend on who you get/got your training from.
    Experiments have determined that the fraction of a second to go from finger off the trigger to finger firing when appropriate is insignificant, and the risk of firing unintended is greatly reduced.

  6. Dr. Norman (not a real doctor)

    I did the google thing and I believe I saw how you reached this conclusion … but there are two parts to it – One should not omit the second part.
    “Trigger Finger Discipline: · The practice of keeping your finger “off the trigger” until your sights are on target AND YOU ARE READY TO DISCHARGE THE FIREARM.” (Caps are my own)

  7. Crazyman

    She wants him alive so she can question him; otherwise, he’d already be dead. 💀

  8. ConcordBob

    Good discussion on trigger discipline!
    His skin is very pale / gray. Is this malnourishment, or has he been poisoned with a mind-control drug? I would have to go back and look a t all various of skin tone.

  9. Dr. Norman (not a real doctor)

    Now can we satisfy my curiosity? Colt, Smith & Wesson, Ruger, or other timeline variant?

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540 – Trick Hello
Posted on February 26, 2025 by Dawn

Suzie hearkening back to the last time Eustace was faked out. She probably regrets not being able to sneak the Lawn Ranger into the bedcovers to be the victim of the stabbing.

And with that, it's Episode 23 time! Welcome back to the Ranch, everyone!

Experience and a moment’s notice.

Posted on July 13, 2016 by Clint
I was in the shower on Monday when I heard Dawn start shouting. I couldn’t make out what she was saying but she sounded very agitated, and I shut off the water in a slight panic wondering if she’d seriously hurt herself or the cat had suddenly dropped dead or something equally worthy of me needing to immediately spring to action, regardless of towel and moistness status. “Booth! Eeeeee!” There she was in the bathroom suddenly, thrusting my cellphone at me. “What?” “Booth!” She played back the voice message from the Small Press coordinator of San Diego Comic-Con on speakerphone. He’d had a last-minute cancellation and wanted us to sub in, and please contact him by the end of the day if we were still interested in exhibiting. To what I like to think is my infinite credit, I finished my shower before responding yes. This meant we had a little over a week to suddenly kick into gear for exhibiting at the biggest Comic-Con in North America. Insane? In 2009, I would agree with you. That’s when we had a month to prepare for the much more modest Long Beach Comic Con but had little to no clue what we were doing and no tools to do it with. But now? A couple weeks back I’d piped up and sent a “what the hell let’s try this” message to the Small Press guy reminding him that we were on the wait list but had our new trade volume which was such a milestone for us and we really really were hoping to exhibit this year and did we mention we already were planning to attend and already had a hotel and it would take very little warning time for us to seize any opportunity he might be able to provide? Hint hint? Dang if he didn’t call our bluff on that. But honestly I don’t think it was a bluff. We have six years of acquisition and streamlining of booth materials under our belts, with bins still mostly packed from our last convention outing. We have suppliers of art prints and business cards that we were able to get orders placed with within a few hours of getting that Monday confirmation worked out, and the products should be here before we leave. We’ve developed a good relationship with our Comic-Con hotel such that they were perfectly willing to extend our reservation so we could arrive one day earlier on short notice. Our California Seller’s Permit for 111 West Harbor Drive has been sitting primed and waiting since our last foray in 2011, ready to be dusted off at need. I know exactly what paperwork Comic-Con International needs and how to find it, and I had it emailed, faxed and/or submitted through their online system by day’s end. We’re still even intending to get today’s Zombie Ranch page drawn, lettered, and published on schedule. There are certain things that the late substitution has put beyond our control. We won’t be listed in the printed program guide. We have no way in hell to reserve parking at the Convention Center for the load-in or load-out. Yet still, there are workarounds for these that we feel confident about in such a way that would have had us in absolute panic back in our “rookie years”. We can do this. I hope.